Lotus 3000R Update

I made a couple changes to the Lotus over the past week or so. The big one is that I swapped out the handlebars for the drops that were originally on my Salsa. The 'Short and Shallow' bar is wider and more comfortable than the drop bar from the Lotus. What can I say... I have a wide stance. The width caused an unexpected issue with the brake cable length, so those got swapped out too.

So far: tires, tubes, cables, seat (re-use), handlebars (re-use), clipless pedals, and a seatpost bag for spare and tools. (Not too bad overall)

If I could change one thing that I did on it so far, I would have put tires with reflective sidewalls on it.

I think I am done working on this one for a while. It has been a pretty fun bike puttering around the neighborhood, but now I need to take it out on a longer ride.

Back to the other bikes...

Lotus 3000

This old steed came from a Sears store around 1991. I was looking for some info online and came up with almost zilch. I got this for my dad and it sat in his garage unridden until recently. I reclaimed it, cleaned it up, added new tires, pedals, and a seat off of one of my other bikes. It is a great bike but I'm not sure if I will keep it or sell it off to fund other bike projects... At any rate, I thought I would share.